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Old Jul 9, 2012 | 10:45 AM
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So I read a forum post recently about someone losing their wallet while riding and it reminded me of my own experience..

There appears to be a void in space/time continuum where things that fall off the bike while riding tend to disappear to..

My license plate bracket broke off my bike after taking a 3 mile long ride.. after numerous passes with friends trying to find it, we just gave up.. and after a friend lost his wallet in a similar fashion, the void in space/time continuum theory came to mind..


Have you ever been able to find something you dropped while riding, if so, what was it ?
 
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Old Jul 9, 2012 | 10:54 AM
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i lost a hat while riding and lukly another rider came along and snatched it up and gave it to me when we caught up
 
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Old Jul 9, 2012 | 11:07 AM
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A backrest pad from my sissy bar.
 
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Old Jul 9, 2012 | 11:09 AM
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I lost my favorite hat.....oh and a Phantom suction cup passenger seat. No, there was no passenger on it at the time.
 
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Old Jul 9, 2012 | 11:14 AM
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I've never lost anything off the Sporty, but I've had a lot of half empty cigarette packs get sucked out of my shirt pocket at highway speeds when I forgot to move them to the tank bag.


 
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Old Jul 9, 2012 | 11:15 AM
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I lost my favorite hat.....oh and a Phantom suction cup passenger seat. No, there was no passenger on it at the time.
Lucky you.. It would've probably suck if you had lost IT and a passenger
 
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Old Jul 9, 2012 | 11:21 AM
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Heard something hit the ground one day. Later found a chrome cable cover missing. Oh well...one less piece of chrome.
 
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Old Jul 9, 2012 | 11:25 AM
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Kick stand spring. pulled over within 10 seconds. It was gone.
 
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Old Jul 9, 2012 | 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by 73oldsman
Heard something hit the ground one day. Later found a chrome cable cover missing. Oh well...one less piece of chrome.

Amen to that

 
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Old Jul 9, 2012 | 11:42 AM
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Gate opener,flew out of my shirt pocket.... My brother in law cluster bombed me with a pack of cigarettes one time
 
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